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Why You Should Make 4D Construction Sequencing ‘Business as Usual’ – and How To Do It

Autodesk Construction Cloud

As humans, we rely on visual content to understand and consume information – so why, for example, is the archaic Gantt chart still such a core piece of documentation when it’s something that most people struggle to interpret? It enables businesses to understand, control, and minimise downtime and lost production.

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Data Scientists Reveal 5 Surprising Construction Insights to Manage Risk 

Autodesk Construction Cloud

An example of a data point might be the number of overhead mechanical racks installed on the job that day, or logging the root cause of a safety incident. This information eventually translates into knowledge , like figuring out the average time it takes to install an overhead rack based on information collected from multiple jobs.

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The Future of the New-Home Design Studio

Pro Builder

Digital or online tools must move beyond just “here’s a list of the names and prices of our options” augmented by a photo and/or a rudimentary product description. Most retailers would be out of business if their online product catalogs followed that model. We’re design, lifestyle, and product experts.

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Worldwide Need for Construction Collaboration

Building Information Management

BIM , however, is not the solution if the focus and/or requirement is associated with 3D visualization. Enhanced productivity. Contract/Project/Document Management. Consolidation of procurement creates lower overhead cost and procurement cost. Consistent deployment. Ability to store and reuse information. 4Clicks.com

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Construction Cost Estimating Software vs. Spreadsheets – State of the Nation 2012

Building Information Management

While accurate, timely, and transparent cost estimating is critical to the success of any renovation, repair, sustainability, or new construction project, most construction cost estimators (over 55%) continue to rely primarily upon manual methods, hard copy documents, or electronic spreadsheets such as Microsoft Excel. Christofferson, Jay.

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Expanding the exterior footprint

Construction Specifier

While cities occupy just three percent of global land area, by 2050 they will be home to two-thirds of the world’s inhabitants according to Gensler’s, 75 percent of the world’s population will live in cities, according to Gensler’s Aleksander Sasha Zeljic in a June 2018 interview with Architectural Products magazine.

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You are what you measure… and/or … You can’t manage what you don’t measure

Building Information Management

Increased productivity, accuracy, transparency, and collaboration are requirements of success as we move forward. KPI: Overhead rate. Whether you are practicing BIM (life-cycle management of the build environment supported by digital technology and forget the 3-D aspect for a moment). KPI: # of blog posts. TNI: Company wealth.